PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Raven (ranked 4192 p4p, 4056 weight class) and Ricky The Mad Man (ranked 215 p4p, 207 weight class). Raven's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, 300 Violin Orchestra- Jorge Quintero. The Mad Man has chosen Cinderalla Man - Eminem as his entrance music. Both these fighters had to take extra time to make weight as they missed the initial 135lb limit. Xavier Raven came in at 137.9 and Ricky The Mad Man came in at 137.9 but after the extra two hours, both guys managed to get within the one pound allowance. No doubt it will have affected them physically though, so let's see if that has an impact on the fight. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Raven
vs
The Mad Man

172 cm
18
145
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Xavier Raven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricky The Mad Man!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The Mad Man closes the distance and clinches.

The Mad Man breaks from the clinch.
The Mad Man throws a hook but Raven avoids it easily.
Raven fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Raven closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Raven moves into full mount!
The Mad Man is looking to get to half guard.
The Mad Man tries to control Raven's body but Raven pushes him off. The Mad Man squirms to his side and now Raven has his back!
The Mad Man trying to control the action but Raven just sinks the hooks in.

Raven has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. The Mad Man is defending well but eventually Raven manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! The Mad Man has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Xavier Raven!
During a confident post fight interview, Xavier Raven thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Ricky The Mad Man spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm coming for you refs...'.